well, another day in paradise. this morning was the earliest time out of the rv park; 7:00 am found us gassing up and getting a quick breakfast. By 8:00 we were on the road and heading for long beach, ca. last night's stay in kingman, az was the friendliest place we have stayed since leaving el reno, ok. our fellow campers were especially friendly and nancy started conversations with several of our neighbors. the morning started out calm, but the ever-present wind caught up to us again as we crossed the border into california. the wind gusts as we approached san bernardino, ca were especially scary. the truck and trailer were pushed sideways several times as we snaked our way on interstate-15 toward san bernardino. the scary thing was that there was a thousand-foot drop-off on nancy's side of the rig. the wind is still with us as we sit inside the rv tonight in long beach. i have to say that my iphone and the maps app on it are awesome. as we left arizona, i typed in the address of the golden shore rv park in long beach and it spit out a turn-by-turn list of how to get us to our new campsite. we wouldn't have missed our turnoff, except for an inconsiderate southern california driver, who cut us off from trying to make our exit near the long beach terminal area at the port authority. it was easy enough to go across the bridge and circle back around across the bridge and we ended up at the rv park. we'll spend a couple of days in the long beach/hollywood areas to visit with my son and nancy's son before heading up the san joaquin valley to fresno county. now, for that walk on the beach...
